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Genome-wide screen for heavy alcohol consumption.
BMC genetics - 31 Dec 2003
Wyszynski Diego F, Panhuysen Carolien I, Ma Qianli, Yip Agustin G, Wilcox Marsha, Erlich Porat, Farrer Lindsay A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: To find specific genes predisposing to heavy alcohol consumption (self-reported consumption of 24 grams or more of alcohol per day among men and 12 grams or more among women), we studied 330 families collected by the Framingham Heart Study made available to participants in the Genetic Analysis Workshop 13 (GAW13). RESULTS: Parametric and nonparametric methods of linkage analysis were used. No...
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